Prep Football Roundup: Hononegah runs over Freeport

Friday

Oct 25, 2013 at 6:00 PM

Rockford Register Star

FREEPORT — Freeport used a pair of sustained touchdown drives in the second quarter to keep the game close for a half, but could not slow down Hononegah's vaunted running game as the Indians prevailed 49-18.

Steve McShane ran for 100 yards on 25 carries and quarterback Quaveon Meeks 92 yards on 18 carries to help the Pretzels rush for 206 yards. They spear-headed a pair of TD drives over 60 yards to help Freeport close to within 21-12 at the half.

But Hononegah (7-2) had rushed for more than 400 yards each against the three best teams in the NIC-10 and Alex Martin and Jake Wilson, coming off back-to-back 200-yard games each, also ran wild against Freeport (1-8).

"The whole team bought into it," Hononegah coach Tim Sughroue said. "You always hear, 'Throw the ball more,' but our kids were saying, 'Lets' run it, Let's run it.' They were excited. It became a team bonding thing."

For the first time in league history, the game finished with three 2,000-yard rushers on the field. Martin ran for 193 yards to improve to 2,480 for his career and Wilson gained 210 to move to 2,092.

They are the first 2,000-yard teammates in league history.

Burlington Central 28, North Boone 14: The Vikings started out strong with 14 first quarter points, but that was all they could muster. And in the end, they were left out of the playoffs.

Trialing 7-0 early, North Boone QB Nathan Bodey connected with Tre Williams for a 55-yard touchdown to knot the game. Then Bodey found Jon Lilly for a 30-yarder three minutes later to give the Vikings a 14-7 lead.

But BC responded just before the end of the first quarter and added TDs in the second and third to put the game away.

Bodey finished 12 for 35 passing for 337 yards, with Lilly hauling in 8 of them for 243 yardss. Williams added three receptions for 83 yards.

Byron 28, Mendota 24: Austin Carlson rushed 19 times for 119 yards and TDs of 10 and 3 yards, while Tyler Huddleston rushed 22 times for 83 yards and scored on runs of 1 and 3 yards to lead the Tigers.Lutheran 55, Rockford Christian 0: James Robinson put a resounding stamp on his second regular season, racking up 253 yards on 15 carries with five touchdowns to lead Lutheran.

Four of Robinson's TDs came on the ground on runs of 6, 8, 30 and 91 yards. The fifth was on a 66-yard pass from Kendall Lawson.Lawson added an 18-yard TD run, Austin Sikora ran in from 8 yards out and Dario Ingardona scored on a 6-yard scamper for the Crusaders.

Christian Life 53, Mooseheart 14: Brady Pond ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more to lift Christian Life.Pond scored on runs of 5 and 8 yards and hit Josh Moza for an 11-yard TD and Isaiah Jones for a 36-yarder.

Rodney Quansah added a pair of scores on runs of 34 and 2 yards, Nate Richmond rumbled in from 1 yard out and Omeiza Suleman capped the scoring with a 3-yard run.

In all, Christian Life racked up 418 yards on the ground, with Quansah leading the way with 127 on just seven carries.

Lena-Winslow 43, South Beloit 14: Ben Moest connected on just 5 of 7 passes, but they accounted for three touchdowns and 119 yards, as Le-Win attacked early in the NUIC rout.

Moest hit Luke Schubert on TD passes of 16 and 8 yards, and connected with Tyler Oakley on a 21-yard scoring strike as the Panthers built a 41-0 lead by halftime.

Oakley also scored on a 10-yard run, while Jace Oleson scored on a 6 yarder and Brandon Seuring scored on a 1-yard dive.

South Beloit avoided the shut out with a pair of scores in the fourth quarter on Anthony Hickman's 45-yard run and Paul Tackeberry's 1-yarder.

Schbert finished with 87 yards on just three receptions, while Oakley added 83 on 13 rushes. Hank Holm had four tackles for Le-Win, while Matt Greene, Anthony Martinez and Gus Werhane each had a sack. Tackeberry topped the SoBos' defense with nine tackles.

East Dubuque 63, Orangeville 6: Dan Zimmerman gave Orangeville an early 6-0 lead on a 1-yard dive late in the first quarter.

But Kyle Schultz charged back with TD runs of 83 and 51 yards and the rout was on.

West Carroll 26, Durand 16: Shaun Magill ran for two touchdowns and threw for the other two to lift West Carroll.

Magill hit Marshall Benters on a 38-yard TD pas and later scored on a 26-yard run to go up 14-0 at halftime.

But Rhyse Evanson connected with James Bryant on a 9-yard TD pass to cut the margin to 14-8 in the third. But Magill connected with Brandon Sturtevant for a 25-yard TD and later added a 2-yard dive to put the game out of reach. Evanson's 3-yard run late in the fourth capped the scoring.

Magill finished 9-for-18 passing for 199 yards, with Trevor Jones catching five of them for 90 yards.